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The daily trading value on the MICEX Stock Exchange has amounted to 2.95 billion dollars, the market▓s historical maximum

February 15, 2006

As a result of trading held 15 February 2006 on the MICEX Stock Exchange, the total volume of transactions in securities has amounted to 83 billion rubles (2.95 billion dollars). This is the record figure for the whole history of stock market trading within the MICEX Group, which was launched in March 1997.

The previous record of 9 February 2006 was 73.8 billion rubles (2.62 billion dollars). The MICEX Index, which reflects the movement of prices in the Russian market of securities, reached 1237.56 points, 0.44% less than the day before. The record number of transactions in securities, 150 537, were carried out in the course of trading. Most actively traded shares were shares in RAO UES, Rostelecom, LUKoil, Sberbank and Norilsk Nickel.

On 15 February, the trading structure was as follows:

secondary trading in stocks: 47.8 billion rubles;
secondary trading in corporate and regional bonds: 10.8 billion rubles;
REPOs: 14.2 billion rubles;
primary placements: 10.2 billion rubles.

The MICEX Stock Exchange (closed corporation) is Russia▓s leading floor, where stocks and bonds of over 430 Russian issuers trade daily. These include such blue chips as Gazprom, LUKoil, Surgutneftegaz, Sberbank, RAO UES, Norilsk Nickel, MTS, Tatneft, Novatek and other companies, whose total capitalization exceeds 500 billion dollars. About 550 organizations — professional participants in the securities market trade on the MICEX SE. Their clients are over 145 thousand investors. In 2005, the total value of transactions on the MICEX SE reached 226 billion dollars, transactions in stocks accounting for 142 billion dollars. This makes up over 80% of the total value of transactions on Russia▓s leading floors. The MICEX Stock Exchange organizes trading in shares in mutual funds thus promoting the development of institutions of collective investment. The MICEX Index, Russia▓s main stock market indicator, grew by 83% in 2005.